Re: best way to test for empty dir?

[Matias A. Fonzo]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:51:31 +0100
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> "Matias A. Fonzo" <selk@dragora.org> writes:
> 
> > A solution to check the broken symlink is:
> >
> > [ -e "foo" -o -L "foo" -a ! -e "foo" ]
> 
> In which way is the last check not redundant?
> 

In the sense that you have -e to check existing files and non-broken symlinks 
-instead of- "-e -o -L".

Regards,
Matías